about your founder adelaide waters…

Adelaide enjoyed a 30-year career as a corporate consultant with expertise in organizational systems and employee development. She worked with leaders and teams across industry sectors, offering training, seminars, and executive coaching in leadership, team-building, career management, group and meeting facilitation. She holds an M.S. in Organization Development and M.A. in Spiritual Psychology.

With her passion for community-building and peer-learning, Adelaide created Women’s Forum, a model for women’s groups that has grown from Aspen to Seattle to SW Florida. She has published two books, The Facilitator Guidebook, a DIY guide to group process, and The Women’s Forum Handbook, a compendium of discussion guides on topics such as women’s roles, modern relationships, character and contribution, and personal growth.

Adelaide lives with her husband and dog in Aspen Colorado. They enjoy visiting their adult children and live an active lifestyle. She is a mentor-buddy with the Buddy Program, Pathfinders volunteer, and serves on the Boards of the Forest Conservancy and Artemisa Animal Hospital. She also enjoys a regular gig as a Spellbinders storyteller for middle school kids, keeping alive the ancient tradition of oral storytelling.